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09ASTANA1253
2009-07-24 10:45:00
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Embassy Astana
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KAZAKHSTAN REPORTS OF FIRST CASES OF H1N1
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UNCLAS ASTANA 001253
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB, OES/PCI
MOSCOW FOR ESTH
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL SENV KFLU KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN REPORTS OF FIRST CASES OF H1N1
UNCLAS ASTANA 001253
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB, OES/PCI
MOSCOW FOR ESTH
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL SENV KFLU KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN REPORTS OF FIRST CASES OF H1N1
1. SUMMARY: The local press reported the first cases of H1N1
influenza in Kazakhstan on July 23. There are three confirmed and
three suspected cases. CDC Almaty reports that the Kazakhstanis
will send viral samples from the infected individuals to an outside
laboratory for independent confirmation of H1N1. END SUMMARY.
PRESS REPORTS FIRST CASES OF H1N1
2. Kazakhstan reported its first cases of H1N1 on July 23. Three
Kazakhstani students who returned from London were diagnosed with
confirmed cases. "The H1N1 flu has been confirmed in three children
who returned to Astana after studying in London," Kazakhstan's Chief
Public Health Officer, Anatoliy Belonog, told the
Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency.
3. Three additional Kazakhstani children are suspected of having
contracted the virus. "Six suspected H1N1 flu cases were registered
in Astana on July 23. Of these, the (H1N1) diagnosis was confirmed
in three children, and three others are under suspicion," stated a
press release circulated by the Health Ministry. The press release
also noted that "all the sufferers are children between 12 and 15,
who studied in Great Britain from June 18 to July 19." The head of
the Astana environmental health inspection directorate, Zhandarbek
Bekshin, told the press that two children with confirmed cases were
in the hospital, though their condition is improving. A third child
with a confirmed case and three children with suspected cases are
being observed and given treatment at home.
4. Bekshin said that all Kazakhstani citizens who leave Kazakhstan
will be registered by the health authorities. Upon their return to
Kazakhstan, they will be subject to H1N1 preventative measures.
Bekshin said that the authorities do not plan to postpone the start
of the academic year because thus far there are very few cases of
H1N1.
CDC SENDS SAMPLES TO LAB FOR CONFIRMATION
5. CDC Almaty reports that Kazakhstan's National Influenza Center
(NIC) performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on samples
from the infected individuals. Because pandemic H1N1 has not been
confirmed in Central Asia previously, the NIC will send samples for
confirmation to an outside reference laboratory. CDC and NIC have
agreed that the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic/avian
influenza reference lab in Novosibirsk, Russia will probably be able
to provide the quickest turnaround.
HOAGLAND
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB, OES/PCI
MOSCOW FOR ESTH
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL SENV KFLU KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN REPORTS OF FIRST CASES OF H1N1
1. SUMMARY: The local press reported the first cases of H1N1
influenza in Kazakhstan on July 23. There are three confirmed and
three suspected cases. CDC Almaty reports that the Kazakhstanis
will send viral samples from the infected individuals to an outside
laboratory for independent confirmation of H1N1. END SUMMARY.
PRESS REPORTS FIRST CASES OF H1N1
2. Kazakhstan reported its first cases of H1N1 on July 23. Three
Kazakhstani students who returned from London were diagnosed with
confirmed cases. "The H1N1 flu has been confirmed in three children
who returned to Astana after studying in London," Kazakhstan's Chief
Public Health Officer, Anatoliy Belonog, told the
Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency.
3. Three additional Kazakhstani children are suspected of having
contracted the virus. "Six suspected H1N1 flu cases were registered
in Astana on July 23. Of these, the (H1N1) diagnosis was confirmed
in three children, and three others are under suspicion," stated a
press release circulated by the Health Ministry. The press release
also noted that "all the sufferers are children between 12 and 15,
who studied in Great Britain from June 18 to July 19." The head of
the Astana environmental health inspection directorate, Zhandarbek
Bekshin, told the press that two children with confirmed cases were
in the hospital, though their condition is improving. A third child
with a confirmed case and three children with suspected cases are
being observed and given treatment at home.
4. Bekshin said that all Kazakhstani citizens who leave Kazakhstan
will be registered by the health authorities. Upon their return to
Kazakhstan, they will be subject to H1N1 preventative measures.
Bekshin said that the authorities do not plan to postpone the start
of the academic year because thus far there are very few cases of
H1N1.
CDC SENDS SAMPLES TO LAB FOR CONFIRMATION
5. CDC Almaty reports that Kazakhstan's National Influenza Center
(NIC) performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on samples
from the infected individuals. Because pandemic H1N1 has not been
confirmed in Central Asia previously, the NIC will send samples for
confirmation to an outside reference laboratory. CDC and NIC have
agreed that the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic/avian
influenza reference lab in Novosibirsk, Russia will probably be able
to provide the quickest turnaround.
HOAGLAND